Exclusive: In a remarkable milestone in a decadelong odyssey, members of the Leonardo da Vinci DNA Project report in a new paper that they have recovered DNA from Holy Child and other objects—and some may be from Leonardo himself. https://scim.ag/4aO5Wr8

Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them

"In 2026, it’s not about a single post showing up on the most popular social network. It’s about deciding exactly where your story needs to show up and doing the work to optimize for the audience you’re trying to reach." liahaberman.substack.com/p/icymi-2026...

Alright here is the NFL STARTER PACK Subscribe and your timeline will immediately be full of football talk and takes Share widely, on other platforms, etc etc go.bsky.app/8RH6KbH

At the end of 2024 I did a chronological round up of all the #plantscience in @science.org that year. So how did 2025 pan out? This year, I’m grouping papers thematically instead of chronologically so read on to find out what exciting plant science came out over the last 12 months. (1/22)

Each year, the photo team at Science reflects on the memorable pictures we published. https://scim.ag/4sfnzq5

2025 was a rough year in many ways. But as Michelle Obama put it, “grief and resilience live together.” My hope for 2026 in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org 🧪

It isn't easy following science as a career path. Our series of personal essays, published on the last page of Science, aim to shed light on the challenges scientists face and, hopefully, help others feel less alone. Here are @science.org's top essays of the year. www.science.org/content/arti...

From trees that love getting struck by lightning to one of the most insane acrobatic feats in nature, here are our favorite science news stories of the year! @science.org

Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.

📣 We want to hear from you! Help us keep making #ScienceAdviser your go-to source for science news and research by taking our 5-minute survey. Let us know what you love and what you'd like to see more of: https://scim.ag/4p5ZIGz

Breakthrough of the Year is here! 🎉

Early career science journalists: Need something to do next summer? Apply to work with me as @science.org's newsletter intern! bit.ly/44yCu4o

Do you have what it takes to win Science’s #DanceYourPhD competition? We want you to top last year’s food-themed frolic from the Helsinki chemist who dressed up as a chili pepper. Or maybe you can get #AI to dance on your behalf? Learn more: https://scim.ag/3LuVObX

"We will call the 12th month of the year 'December'... which means 'tenth month.'"

Thankful for a cat on this week’s cover 😻

🧪 ✏️ Apply for the 2026 Diverse Voices in Science Journalism Internship with @science.org! 🧪 ✏️ This could be for you if you're a student from a community historically underrepresented in #journalism who's interested in in covering science for general audiences: recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1123ASEM/...

Want to change an AI's mind? Argue with it. Or just give it more information. Turns out the beliefs of language models are surprisingly malleable... That and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

Good article on the impacts of Vogue absorbing Teen Vogue

sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference

Love it

"Having somebody who is hungry and worried about feeding their own children is an enormous amount of stress that will impact anybody’s ability to do their job well." I spoke with @aijenpoo.bsky.social about the issues domestic workers face at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Getting--or got--a PhD? Got boogie in your soul? Then don't be shy. Enter this year's contest--and dance, dance, dance! @science.org

This year’s #DanceYourPhD contest is now open! Submit your entry by February 20 … and this catchy song from last year’s winner just might be stuck in your head until then 🕺

Exactly this, especially coming back from injury. Sickening

Romantic in the sense of John Keats dying of tuberculosis

My wife has volunteered at a local food bank for years and confirms what many of you have probably heard: in this case, straight cash is a good donation if you can do it. The food banks have better access and buying power than individuals do, and can try to address item imbalances as they see them.

MLB needs to be writing us all sick day notes at this point 😭

Looking more and more probable

I am interested in starting to hear from care workers on SNAP about your concerns. I'm @motherjones.com's disability reporter. Please be in touch. My email is [email protected] and my Signal is juliametraux.49. Reposts are appreciated.

Aaaand they didn’t

All-time night for sitting on my couch watching baseball for 5 hours, I can tell you that much

How to protect your children by covering them in fungus (if you’re a stinkbug) www.science.org/content/arti...

Our @science.org web designer, Jennie Pajerowski, has been working on some really great scrollytelling templates lately, including for this week’s News Feature by @kakape.bsky.social. It’s worth checking out 🤩 www.science.org/content/arti...

This game is NUTS. I’m so happy we’re getting to experience it sans ghost runner

Federal researchers are confronting growing uncertainty about their future, as the 10-day-old shutdown of the U.S. government is now poised to extend into at least next week. https://scim.ag/4n1uy22

Exclusive: Four institute directors at NIH and another top agency official who have been in professional limbo since being placed on administrative leave in the spring have now been fired, ScienceInsider has learned. https://scim.ag/4nIyF3S

Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91. In 2020, Goodall spoke with Science Editor-in-Chief H. Holden Thorp for a #ScienceEditorial reflecting on the 60th anniversary of her arrival in Gombe to study wild chimpanzees. Read more: https://scim.ag/472Chb8

For the third time in a dozen years, the U.S. scientific community is digging in for a potentially lengthy partial federal government shutdown that promises to disrupt research and funding programs. https://scim.ag/4pQ9y0K

During #PeerReviewWeek, @science.org heard from individual authors who talked about how peer review strengthened their work, making it functionally richer, more accessible, more pointed regarding limitations--sometimes in collaboration with preprint review. See author posts in thread below. 🧵

Increasing the breadth of researchers trained as peer reviewers is crucial to upholding quality in academic publishing. Last year, the Science journals began a pilot in which invited peer reviewers could add trainees as co-reviewers, with more than 2200 scientists participating. #PeerReviewWeek

As I wrote about for @motherjones.com, people are already crossing state lines to get the Covid vaccine—which may become more common if the CDC vaccine advisory committee recommends limiting them this week. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Another fun animated cover this week 😍

Scoop from @cohenjon.bsky.social: NIH may massively increase HIV 'implementation science', to $1 billion annually, at the expense of basic research. Some HIV researchers are alarmed. www.science.org/content/arti...

So many great suggestions here 📚

Happy #InternationalCatDay from Larry!

I traveled to Guinea to find out what U.S. budget cuts mean for the fight against malaria. Here's my story in @science.org - with powerful photography by Marta Moreiras. www.science.org/content/arti...

Well, this makes it real: I'm retiring in September and this is the just-posted job listing for my replacement. @Science.org is a fabulous place to work, so @sciencewriters.org, apply here! recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1123ASEM/...

In an exclusive chat with Science, Loreen Willenberg describes remaining HIV-free even after immune-suppressing therapies for brain and lung tumors. scim.ag/4lYu3pl